One of the bigger pieces of news that shook the college football landscape, especially around the Texas football program and the Big 12, was the jump that former Baylor Bears head coach Matt Rhule took to the NFL. Rhule made that elusive jump from the college football coaching ranks to the NFL to take the HC vacancy with the Carolina Panthers.
In effect, Baylor was left without a head coach and they would end up drawing from the LSU Tigers coaching staff to fill that void. Baylor wound up hiring former LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda to fill Rhule’s shoes and become their next head coach.